RUFINO TAMAYO (1899-1991)

Lot 24
28.02.2025 10:00UTC -04:00
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$ 800 000
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ID 1380870
Lot 24 | RUFINO TAMAYO (1899-1991)
Estimate value
$ 800 000 – 1 200 000
RUFINO TAMAYO (1899-1991)
Mujer con sandía
signed and dated 'Tamayo 0-59' (lower right)
oil and sand on canvas
51 ¼ x 38 in. (130.2 x 96.5 cm.)
Painted in 1959.




Provenance

Knoedler Galleries, New York
Ms. Eleanor S. and Mr. John M. Shoenberg collection
Sale; Christie's, New York, 24 November 1997, lot 56
Private collection, Connecticut (acquired at the above sale)
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 28 May 2015, lot 39
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner



Literature

L. Cardoza y Aragón, México: Pintura activa, 1961 (illustrated).
L. Cardoza y Aragón, Pintura contemporánea de México, 1974 (illustrated).



Exhibited

New York, Knoedler Galleries, Tamayo, 17 November-12 December 1959, n. 18.



Further details

We are grateful to Professor Juan Carlos Pereda for his assistance cataloguing this work.
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